Help changing password.

This is a newbie question and I'm hoping that we have a simple fix. I
have root access to a machine, am trying to change a password of another
user, However, when I do, the system asks for their old password. I'm
trying to reset the password because they forgot it. I'm fairly new to
the AIX 4.2? software, but I believe that the system is using what appears
to be NIS for password management. Can anybody tell me where to look or
what to change to take control of that account?

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hi,
i think at first you can go in this file (with root): /etc/passwd and
delete all ** signes from passwd clomne of that user ,
and then you should do change user password with root access easily,
you can do with : smitty nis also, stop nis and change passwd and restart
nis again,